Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

The Dr. Alfred S. Martin Collection, Part 2: U.S.First Day Covers and Earliest Documented Usages continued...

**Group Lots by Issue continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
781		3c Purple Commemoratives. Huge collection by Scott number with Nos. 777, 778, 782-784, 795-798, consisting of over 900 covers neatly mounted in 10 albums and pages, the following is a breakdown with quantity noted in parentheses after each number: 777 (215) with 6 different unknown period H/P, Roessler, Risko Art x 4, Griffith, Owens, Laffert H/P, several unknowns plus some autographed, 778 (71) Fulton H/P x 2, Farnam (not first day but during show dated 9/13/36), 782 Turley H/P & 3 other period hand-painteds, 783 (168) Ace Artists 58 & 38-many sets of all cities, 784 (77) Crosby x 2 and H/P x 4, 795 (92) several unofficials, Crosby x 2, Risko Art, 796 (62) Crosby and unknown, 797 (49) Farnam x 2, 798 (95) 7 different period hand-painted. An incredible variety (mostly different) collection and unpicked. See the other 3c Purple groups offered through the collections section	E. 5,000-7,500	4,750.00
782		1c-5c Army-Navy (785-794). Over 1,400 covers neatly mounted in 14 NuAce albums. This is the most extensive group of this popular issue we have ever seen including sets of 10 singles, sets of two with 5 stamps on each cover, oversized covers with sets of 5 or 10 on one cover, many unofficials, sets with blocks and plate blocks, and many combos. Cachet makers representing complete sets of 10 include Farnam, Raley, Scatchard, Historic Arts, Gold Seal, Ioor, Grimsland, Dyer, Grandy, San Francisco Examiner, Breker, Anderson, Beverly Hills, Bronesky, Kapner, Sidenius, Plimpton, Munprint (scarce), Dietz, Risko hand-painted (scarce), Evans, Aubry, McDonough, Nix, Laird, Espenshade, Grandy, Laffert hand-painted (rare), Marion Fulton hand-painted (scarce), Owen hand-painted (rare), Bronesky, Grimsland, Brookhaven, Top Notch, Roessler, Linprint, Imperial, Newman-Sudduth, Rice, Kee, Mayne, Reid, Postmaster General corner cards with contents, autographed by James Farley. Some individual highlights include 785-94 (1) Ioor unofficial, 785-94 (2) Marion Fulton hand-painted (rare), 785-94-43A (2) serviced by Halverson, 785-94 (1) with each like value cancelled FDOI, 785-94-70 (1) all plate blocks, 785-94-25 (1) Fairway, 20 various Crosby FDC's. Please set aside ample time to review this spectacular unpicked collection	E. 10,000-15,000	8,000.00
783		3c Hawaii through 3c Virgin Islands (799-802). All 4 issues consisting of over 300 mostly FDC's neatly mounted in 3 albums, represented not only by cachet makers of the period but better cachets such as Raley, Imperial, Heyl, Crosby (we note 9 in all), a thorough examination is suggested	E. 1,500-2,000	850.00
784		1938 Presidential Collection. Approximately 1,175 covers neatly mounted in 13 NuAce albums and one large blue notebook. This collection includes many complete sets of 832-834 (including the 3 Booklet Panes), Presidential Electric Eye issues, sets of the Presidential Coil Issue (839-51), as well as individual covers and some partial sets. Many of the major cachet makers are represented in this fine collection, including Crosby, Anderson, Fidelity, Pavois, Kee, Macos, Grimsland, Grandy, J. W. Clifford, Historic Arts, Hux, Espenshade, Ioor, Linprint, Farnam, Imperial. There are some Coil sets on two covers. We also note many coil line pairs, three beautifully scripted covers (823, 824 and 829) addressed to George Stanton. There are 8 Griffith "wood block" cachets (807//15). In all, we counted 41 $1.00 values , 45 $2.00 values (2 Plate Blocks and 10 Plate Singles)and 37 $5.00 values (4 Plate Blocks and 2 Plate Singles). There is a complete set of 28 Crosby #10 "double cachet" Electric Eye covers. One of the most extensive Presidential collections we have seen in many years	E. 10,000-15,000	6,000.00
785		1938 Presidential Collection. Approximately 580 covers neatly mounted in 6 NuAce albums. Complete sets include Farnam, 49 covers including 803-834, with 15 blocks, 804B-807A, and 839-851, (both sets unaddressed), plus a 839-847 combo on one cover, Rice, 50 covers including 803-834 (833 and 834 with plate singles), 804B-807A and 839-851 (both sets unaddressed), Imperial, 48 covers including 803-834, with 803-831 blocks, 804B-807A and 839-851 (matched addressed): Crosby, 54 covers including 803-834 (834 a block), 804B-807A (unaddressed) and 839-851 (all line pairs): Clarence Reid, 44 covers including 803-834 (834 an Arrow Plate Block), 839-847, Linprint, 38 covers including 803-834 (832 and 833 blocks), 804B-807A, Fidelity, 32 covers including 803-833 and 804B, Ioor, 67 covers including 803-834 (with some color varieties), 804B-807A and 839-851, Grandy, 34 covers including 803-834 (matched typed address) and 806B, Staehle, 48 covers including 803-833, 804B-807A and 839-851, Album 6 contains mixed groups from the following cachet makers: Multnomah (4), Raley (4), Holland (7), Fidelity ( 7, 6 with Plate Blocks), Annis (5), Gundel (10), Progressive (10), Reich (13), Holland (10), Risko (804), Roessler (804 and 805), C. George (832), Artcraft (832C Plate Block), and a few #1's and unofficials. This is a very comprehensive collection, well worth a careful review	E. 3,500-5,000	1,800.00
786		1938 Presidential Electric Eye Collection (803-831). 586 covers including complete sets and broken sets produced by the following cachet makers: Fidelity (set of 30 plate blocks), Sadworth (set of 24 from 808EE to 830EE), Washington Stamp Exchange (2 sets of 30, including E15EE, one with blocks and one with singles), groups of issues as follows: 803EE (32), 804EE (31), 805EE (36), 806EE (71), 807EE (64), 808EE (10), 809EE (8), 810EE (6), 811EE (17), 812EE (9), 813EE (10), 814EE (7), 815EE (12), 816EE (11), 817EE (12), 818EE (9), 819EE (8), 820EE (13), 821EE (3), 822EE (8), 823EE (4), 824EE (4), 825EE (5), 826EE (4), 827EE (2), 828EE (3), 829EE (4), 830EE (2), 831EE (4), E15EE (25), combos as follows: 806-807EE (16), 7-stamp combos (3), 811/815EE (7), 5 stamp combos 821, 823-826EE (3), 827-831EE combo (3), quite a few numbers with dupes although many with different Electric eye markings, following is a list of cachet makers- Anderson, Mayne's, Grandy, Fidelity, WSE, Sadworth, Staehle, Cachet Craft, Historic Arts, Ioor, Rice, Grimsland, Raley, Farnam, Roessler, Nix, Crosby, and unknown cachet makers. This represents the largest single holding of Presidential Electric Eyes we are aware of	E. 7,000-10,000	3,500.00
787		1938-48 Issues (835/938) -- Huge Unpicked Collection. More than 3,100 FDC's neatly mounted in 28 NuAce albums as follows: 835 (54), 836 (83), 837 (71), 838 (76), 839-51 (52), 852 (88), 853 (57), 854 (78), 855 (63), 856 (63), 857 (66), 858 (177), 859-93 (540), 894 (75), 895 (43), 896 (39), 897 (39), 898 (39), 899-901 (141), 902 (36), 903 (53), 904 (31), 905 (38), 906 (39), 907 (39), 908 (47), 909-921 (319), 922 (69), 923 (52), 924 (39), 925 (42), 926 (52), 927 (29), 928 (49), 929 (40), 930-933 (151), 934 (54), 935 (61), 936 (40), 937 (34) and 938 (49). Highlights include a #1 Artcraft (853), a nice 855 assortment with an autographed Gundel (Leo Durocher, Mickey Owen and 5 others), Ed Kee, Imperial, Staehle (2), 6 different Ioor cachets and13 different Crosby's. We note a number of hand-painted and hand-tinted cachets interspersed throughout this collection, along with many covers with blocks, plate blocks and unofficial cancels. With the large number of Famous Americans you will find quite a few complete sets as well as some partial sets and a nice assortment of #1 cachets, as is also the case with the Overrun Countries issue. We noted many 1st cachets in this collection. The list of cachet makers includes Artcraft, Artmaster, Crosby, Fidelity, Cachet Craft, Staehle, Sanders, Fidelity, Farnam, Grimsland, Holland, Grandy, Anderson, Ioor, Czubay, Coulthard, Pilgrim, Poppenger, Aristocrat/Lowry, Historic Arts/Coakley, Linprint, Detroit Ludwig, Fleetwood/Knapp, Minkus, Smartcraft, Pent Arts, Clifford, Hobby Life, Ken Boll, Fluegel, Lane, Scher, C. W. George, Colotype, NuArt, McIntyre, Linto. We also noted an uncacheted 933 autographed by General Eisenhower and Mayor Laguardia, and another uncacheted 933 autographed by Eleanor Roosevelt. Many bargains abound in this comprehensive collection spanning this great Commemorative Issue period	E. 12,000-15,000	8,000.00

Group Lots by Issue continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

781

3c Purple Commemoratives. Huge collection by Scott number with Nos. 777, 778, 782-784, 795-798, consisting of over 900 covers neatly mounted in 10 albums and pages, the following is a breakdown with quantity noted in parentheses after each number: 777 (215) with 6 different unknown period H/P, Roessler, Risko Art x 4, Griffith, Owens, Laffert H/P, several unknowns plus some autographed, 778 (71) Fulton H/P x 2, Farnam (not first day but during show dated 9/13/36), 782 Turley H/P & 3 other period hand-painteds, 783 (168) Ace Artists 58 & 38-many sets of all cities, 784 (77) Crosby x 2 and H/P x 4, 795 (92) several unofficials, Crosby x 2, Risko Art, 796 (62) Crosby and unknown, 797 (49) Farnam x 2, 798 (95) 7 different period hand-painted. An incredible variety (mostly different) collection and unpicked. See the other 3c Purple groups offered through the collections section

E. 5,000-7,500

4,750.00

782

1c-5c Army-Navy (785-794). Over 1,400 covers neatly mounted in 14 NuAce albums. This is the most extensive group of this popular issue we have ever seen including sets of 10 singles, sets of two with 5 stamps on each cover, oversized covers with sets of 5 or 10 on one cover, many unofficials, sets with blocks and plate blocks, and many combos. Cachet makers representing complete sets of 10 include Farnam, Raley, Scatchard, Historic Arts, Gold Seal, Ioor, Grimsland, Dyer, Grandy, San Francisco Examiner, Breker, Anderson, Beverly Hills, Bronesky, Kapner, Sidenius, Plimpton, Munprint (scarce), Dietz, Risko hand-painted (scarce), Evans, Aubry, McDonough, Nix, Laird, Espenshade, Grandy, Laffert hand-painted (rare), Marion Fulton hand-painted (scarce), Owen hand-painted (rare), Bronesky, Grimsland, Brookhaven, Top Notch, Roessler, Linprint, Imperial, Newman-Sudduth, Rice, Kee, Mayne, Reid, Postmaster General corner cards with contents, autographed by James Farley. Some individual highlights include 785-94 (1) Ioor unofficial, 785-94 (2) Marion Fulton hand-painted (rare), 785-94-43A (2) serviced by Halverson, 785-94 (1) with each like value cancelled FDOI, 785-94-70 (1) all plate blocks, 785-94-25 (1) Fairway, 20 various Crosby FDC's. Please set aside ample time to review this spectacular unpicked collection

E. 10,000-15,000

8,000.00

783

3c Hawaii through 3c Virgin Islands (799-802). All 4 issues consisting of over 300 mostly FDC's neatly mounted in 3 albums, represented not only by cachet makers of the period but better cachets such as Raley, Imperial, Heyl, Crosby (we note 9 in all), a thorough examination is suggested

E. 1,500-2,000

850.00

784

1938 Presidential Collection. Approximately 1,175 covers neatly mounted in 13 NuAce albums and one large blue notebook. This collection includes many complete sets of 832-834 (including the 3 Booklet Panes), Presidential Electric Eye issues, sets of the Presidential Coil Issue (839-51), as well as individual covers and some partial sets. Many of the major cachet makers are represented in this fine collection, including Crosby, Anderson, Fidelity, Pavois, Kee, Macos, Grimsland, Grandy, J. W. Clifford, Historic Arts, Hux, Espenshade, Ioor, Linprint, Farnam, Imperial. There are some Coil sets on two covers. We also note many coil line pairs, three beautifully scripted covers (823, 824 and 829) addressed to George Stanton. There are 8 Griffith "wood block" cachets (807//15). In all, we counted 41 $1.00 values , 45 $2.00 values (2 Plate Blocks and 10 Plate Singles)and 37 $5.00 values (4 Plate Blocks and 2 Plate Singles). There is a complete set of 28 Crosby #10 "double cachet" Electric Eye covers. One of the most extensive Presidential collections we have seen in many years

E. 10,000-15,000

6,000.00

785

1938 Presidential Collection. Approximately 580 covers neatly mounted in 6 NuAce albums. Complete sets include Farnam, 49 covers including 803-834, with 15 blocks, 804B-807A, and 839-851, (both sets unaddressed), plus a 839-847 combo on one cover, Rice, 50 covers including 803-834 (833 and 834 with plate singles), 804B-807A and 839-851 (both sets unaddressed), Imperial, 48 covers including 803-834, with 803-831 blocks, 804B-807A and 839-851 (matched addressed): Crosby, 54 covers including 803-834 (834 a block), 804B-807A (unaddressed) and 839-851 (all line pairs): Clarence Reid, 44 covers including 803-834 (834 an Arrow Plate Block), 839-847, Linprint, 38 covers including 803-834 (832 and 833 blocks), 804B-807A, Fidelity, 32 covers including 803-833 and 804B, Ioor, 67 covers including 803-834 (with some color varieties), 804B-807A and 839-851, Grandy, 34 covers including 803-834 (matched typed address) and 806B, Staehle, 48 covers including 803-833, 804B-807A and 839-851, Album 6 contains mixed groups from the following cachet makers: Multnomah (4), Raley (4), Holland (7), Fidelity ( 7, 6 with Plate Blocks), Annis (5), Gundel (10), Progressive (10), Reich (13), Holland (10), Risko (804), Roessler (804 and 805), C. George (832), Artcraft (832C Plate Block), and a few #1's and unofficials. This is a very comprehensive collection, well worth a careful review

E. 3,500-5,000

1,800.00

786

1938 Presidential Electric Eye Collection (803-831). 586 covers including complete sets and broken sets produced by the following cachet makers: Fidelity (set of 30 plate blocks), Sadworth (set of 24 from 808EE to 830EE), Washington Stamp Exchange (2 sets of 30, including E15EE, one with blocks and one with singles), groups of issues as follows: 803EE (32), 804EE (31), 805EE (36), 806EE (71), 807EE (64), 808EE (10), 809EE (8), 810EE (6), 811EE (17), 812EE (9), 813EE (10), 814EE (7), 815EE (12), 816EE (11), 817EE (12), 818EE (9), 819EE (8), 820EE (13), 821EE (3), 822EE (8), 823EE (4), 824EE (4), 825EE (5), 826EE (4), 827EE (2), 828EE (3), 829EE (4), 830EE (2), 831EE (4), E15EE (25), combos as follows: 806-807EE (16), 7-stamp combos (3), 811/815EE (7), 5 stamp combos 821, 823-826EE (3), 827-831EE combo (3), quite a few numbers with dupes although many with different Electric eye markings, following is a list of cachet makers- Anderson, Mayne's, Grandy, Fidelity, WSE, Sadworth, Staehle, Cachet Craft, Historic Arts, Ioor, Rice, Grimsland, Raley, Farnam, Roessler, Nix, Crosby, and unknown cachet makers. This represents the largest single holding of Presidential Electric Eyes we are aware of

E. 7,000-10,000

3,500.00

787

1938-48 Issues (835/938) -- Huge Unpicked Collection. More than 3,100 FDC's neatly mounted in 28 NuAce albums as follows: 835 (54), 836 (83), 837 (71), 838 (76), 839-51 (52), 852 (88), 853 (57), 854 (78), 855 (63), 856 (63), 857 (66), 858 (177), 859-93 (540), 894 (75), 895 (43), 896 (39), 897 (39), 898 (39), 899-901 (141), 902 (36), 903 (53), 904 (31), 905 (38), 906 (39), 907 (39), 908 (47), 909-921 (319), 922 (69), 923 (52), 924 (39), 925 (42), 926 (52), 927 (29), 928 (49), 929 (40), 930-933 (151), 934 (54), 935 (61), 936 (40), 937 (34) and 938 (49). Highlights include a #1 Artcraft (853), a nice 855 assortment with an autographed Gundel (Leo Durocher, Mickey Owen and 5 others), Ed Kee, Imperial, Staehle (2), 6 different Ioor cachets and13 different Crosby's. We note a number of hand-painted and hand-tinted cachets interspersed throughout this collection, along with many covers with blocks, plate blocks and unofficial cancels. With the large number of Famous Americans you will find quite a few complete sets as well as some partial sets and a nice assortment of #1 cachets, as is also the case with the Overrun Countries issue. We noted many 1st cachets in this collection. The list of cachet makers includes Artcraft, Artmaster, Crosby, Fidelity, Cachet Craft, Staehle, Sanders, Fidelity, Farnam, Grimsland, Holland, Grandy, Anderson, Ioor, Czubay, Coulthard, Pilgrim, Poppenger, Aristocrat/Lowry, Historic Arts/Coakley, Linprint, Detroit Ludwig, Fleetwood/Knapp, Minkus, Smartcraft, Pent Arts, Clifford, Hobby Life, Ken Boll, Fluegel, Lane, Scher, C. W. George, Colotype, NuArt, McIntyre, Linto. We also noted an uncacheted 933 autographed by General Eisenhower and Mayor Laguardia, and another uncacheted 933 autographed by Eleanor Roosevelt. Many bargains abound in this comprehensive collection spanning this great Commemorative Issue period

E. 12,000-15,000

8,000.00